Matador Resources Company Announces Successful Receipt of Six BLM Permits in Western Antelope Ridge Asset Area

Matador Resources Company (NYSE: MTDR) (“Matador” or the “Company”) today announced the successful approval and receipt of six drilling permits in its western Antelope Ridge asset area from the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”). The Company had anticipated receipt of these permits late in the third quarter or early in the fourth quarter of 2019. Matador is also pleased to announce that it has initiated drilling operations on these wells, which Matador will refer to as the “Rodney Robinson” wells.

The 1,200 gross and net acre Rodney Robinson tract is one of the key tracts Matador acquired in the BLM New Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale in September 2018 (the “BLM Acquisition”). Matador anticipates drilling these first six wells, all two-mile laterals, from two separate three-well pads. These wells are currently scheduled to be completed and turned to sales late in the first quarter of 2020.

Joseph Wm. Foran, Matador’s Chairman and CEO, commented, “Matador especially appreciates and acknowledges the diligence and professionalism of the team at the BLM that saw this process through to completion. We are very excited to be in a position to begin operations on the Rodney Robinson wells, and we look forward to developing this acreage over the next several years in cooperation with the various regulatory bodies in New Mexico.”

Pending approval and receipt of additional drilling permits from the BLM, Matador also believes it is on track to begin operations in early 2020 on its Stateline asset area, including 2,800 gross and net acres acquired as part of the BLM Acquisition, in which case Matador intends to move two of its operated drilling rigs to the Stateline asset area to initiate a multi-year drilling program there. Matador currently plans to develop this acreage block drilling two-mile laterals on the eastern side of the leasehold and approximately 2.5-mile laterals on the western side of the leasehold. Matador initially expects to drill four wells on each of the eastern and western tracts from two separate four-well pads. These eight wells are expected to be completed and turned to sales during the third quarter of 2020 in conjunction with the expected completion of the expansion of a cryogenic natural gas processing plant in Eddy County, New Mexico by San Mateo Midstream, the Company’s 51%-owned midstream joint venture.

About Matador Resources Company

Matador is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, production and acquisition of oil and natural gas resources in the United States, with an emphasis on oil and natural gas shale and other unconventional plays. Its current operations are focused primarily on the oil and liquids-rich portion of the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring plays in the Delaware Basin in Southeast New Mexico and West Texas. Matador also operates in the Eagle Ford shale play in South Texas and the Haynesville shale and Cotton Valley plays in Northwest Louisiana and East Texas. Additionally, Matador conducts midstream operations, primarily through its midstream joint venture, San Mateo, in support of its exploration, development and production operations and provides natural gas processing, oil transportation services, natural gas, oil and salt water gathering services and salt water disposal services to third parties.

For more information, visit Matador Resources Company at www.matadorresources.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. “Forward-looking statements” are statements related to future, not past, events. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and include any statement that does not directly relate to a current or historical fact. In this context, forward-looking statements often address expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as “could,” “believe,” “would,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “may,” “should,” “continue,” “plan,” “predict,” “potential,” “project,” “hypothetical,” “forecasted” and similar expressions that are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about guidance, projected or forecasted financial and operating results, results in certain basins, objectives, project timing, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical facts. Actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements, and such forward-looking statements may not prove to be accurate. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the following risks related to financial and operational performance: general economic conditions; the Company’s ability to execute its business plan, including whether its drilling program is successful; changes in oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids prices and the demand for oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids; its ability to replace reserves and efficiently develop current reserves; costs of operations; delays and other difficulties related to producing oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids; delays and other difficulties related to regulatory and governmental approvals and restrictions; its ability to make acquisitions on economically acceptable terms; its ability to integrate acquisitions; availability of sufficient capital to execute its business plan, including from future cash flows, increases in its borrowing base and otherwise; weather and environmental conditions; the operating results of the Company’s midstream joint venture’s expansion of the Black River cryogenic processing plant, including the timing of the further expansion of such plant; the timing and operating results of the buildout by the Company’s midstream joint venture of oil, natural gas and water gathering and transportation systems and the drilling of any additional salt water disposal wells, including in conjunction with the expansion of the midstream joint venture’s services and assets into new areas in Eddy County, New Mexico; and other important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. For further discussions of risks and uncertainties, you should refer to Matador’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including the “Risk Factors” section of Matador’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Matador undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press release, except as required by law, including the securities laws of the United States and the rules and regulations of the SEC. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190923005796/en/